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Category: American Express

I think for me this is one of the best deals of the whole Black Friday / Cyber Monday mumbo-jumbo. There are a couple of promos that can be combined to get some huge discounts: Discounted Gift Cards at Staples FrequentMiler has a quick simple...

It’s been quite a while since I did a credit card app-o-rama. I have been working on cleaning up my credit report in anticipation of refinancing my mortgage (learning all about “credit bumpage” in the process – more to follow on that in a later...

We just got back from another awesome ski trip to Whistler in British Columbia, Canada. We love Whistler for a couple of reasons. First of all it is just super laid-back. Some of the high end USA ski areas in Colorado and Utah can be...

Via trusty SlickDeals, Amex is offering $25 of $100 at Staples. You should know from last time how to add this to ALL of your Amex cards. Yes it will work on anything you buy at Staples. GIFT CARD TIME! Update: It appears to be...

I see a lot of posts this morning about using the American Express Platinum benefits. Most of these are coming from bloggers with affiliate links and I would say most are as such tainted in their usefulness. Here is my take on how best to...

I just received an offer for the Hilton HHonors Surpass Card From American Express that provides 75,000 Hilton HHonors Bouns Points after spending $3,000 in the first 3 months of membership. The sign up bonus on this card is typically 60,000 points, 20k after first...

With snow falling over much of the country the time has come for ski resorts to start opening up for another season. We here in the Milesabound family love to ski, but it is a very expensive pass-time. In fact I just read via Skift...

Many of you will have become proud new owners of the American Express Platinum card following the recent excitement over the 100k sign up offer. However what I found interesting is the response of a lot of people (particularly on Slickdeals) not familiar with...

I often get asked for help in putting together an award or getting enough miles to do a particular trip, and I got one today that I liked because it covered my favorite place (the Maldives) and in answering it just showed me how amazing...

Update: This post was written for the 2012/2013 ski season. Check out this post for updated options for the 2013/2014 season! We are now in the thick of ski season in the Northern hemisphere, in fact I am writing this post on board our...